Motion Sickness

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Hey, anyone else here got motion sickness? Mine is so bad, a 1-1.5 hour bus ride will usually cause me to sleep 4 hours, even if I slept 9 hours. What's the worst is that caused me to gain weight, because the bus ride was to university

I got motion sickness as a kid. I vomited more than a few times on various road trips. I occasionally still feel queasy while riding in a vehicle like when we're going fast up & down hills, on a very bump road, or lots of sudden stops. I'm prescribed a med for as needed called Meclizine. Motion sickness never made me tired thou, it made me nauseous instead. I would suggest talking to a doc about it if you haven't already cuz there may be meds you can take as needed.

I used to get motion sickness as a child. If we were out on a family trip, I would often have to ask to park up to let the nausea subside, otherwise I would throw up. That has improved massively as I've got older, but I do, and always did, experience a lot of tiredness from travelling. However, I think that is a separate thing caused by sensory overload from all the loud noises and too many things moving too fast in my vision - I can find it hard to talk to a travelling companion too. If I can do so safely, I often try to snooze during the journey, or at least "zone out" with my eyes closed, to minimise the sensory overload. Public transport is the worst, because I'm also surrounded by people in a very enclosed space, which would be tiring even if there weren't also the movement and noise from the vehicle. I avoid it wherever possible, but unfortunately I'm rather reliant on it, as my sensory processing impairments mean that I'm unable to drive.

My dog and I both get motion sickness. Ugh! I hate being nauseous.

I usually drive so I don’t get sick.

By bus and car it's much worse than by subway, so, I guess, it must be because of the stops. I remember when I was younger after, like, every car or bus ride I needed lots of time to rest, 'cuz my head hurt. Not sure, if I'm also getting sensory overload because of the changing landscape, though. (How to tell?) I know I get lots of sensory overload from seeing people or talking too much to them. Then I just go someplace alone. (In grade 1 and kindergarten I used to put my ear close to the desk, so the sounds of people talking would seem milder, as if under water ))

I've gotten a lot better over the years.

I just have to make sure to keep my eyes out the window as much as possible. If I'm looking around inside the vehicle too much, I'll start to get nauseous. If I'm trying to read, or play a videogame, I won't even last five minutes.

I do not suffer from motion sickness but my children and grandchildren do. So I prepared a blend of essential oils to deal with the problem. They just dab a drop or two on their wrist. Whenever they feel queasy, they just bring their wrist up to their nose and take a whiff. It seems to work for them.

I use a 15 milliliters amber glass bottle and add the following essential oils.

Anti-Motion Sickness Formula
4 drops Peppermint
4 drops Lavender
4 drops Ginger
4 drops Patchouli
2 drops Basil
2 drops Black Pepper
2 drops Roman Chamomile
2 drops Frankincense
The rest of the bottle is filled with a carrier oil

Yep, used to not mind riding in the backseat of a car or sitting backwards on the bus, now I get nauseated. It's exhausting, too. Driving or front seat is not bad, but not always possible.

Tricks that work for me:
*chewing really flavorful gum even if it means swapping pieces every five minutes to refresh the flavor
*gummy worms, especially sour ones
*lowering the temperature if I can (open a window, take off my jacket)
*other sensory distraction like headphones with music

The only time I've had motion sickness was in a midsize boat. I had to literally not take my eyes off the horizon or I would throw up.

I myself do not get motion sickness but my mother does so I understand it somewhat. My family has a 21 ft. motor boat and we'll take it out on Lake Erie and my mom will get sick at times. I asked her why didn't she just take some dimenhydrinate but her answer is she'd rather not take the medicine because it makes her tired. I'd rather be tired and not sick then to just deal with the sickness. There's my pointless comment for now.